1302 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 552

Ward No. 6, Precinct 'No. 3—Comprising all that part
of Ward No. 6 which is bounded on the North by the north-
erly boundary of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company's
right of way to where it intersects the center line of Third
Street extended Westward; and the center line of said Third
Street extended to the Potomac River; on the East by the
City Limits; on the South by the City Limits; on the West
by the City Limits and the Potomac River.

And elections shall hereafter be conducted in said precincts
as they now or may hereafter be conducted under the Laws
of the State of Maryland pertaining to the City of Cumber-
land, or as shall be provided by ordinances duly passed by
the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland, and the Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland is hereby authorized, di-
rected and empowered to make provision by ordinance duly
passed for additional precincts in any of the wards of said
city from time to time whenever in their judgment or discre-
tion it shall be deemed expedient so to do for the convenience
of the voters, and for such purpose the said Mayor and City
Council may from time to time change the boundary lines
of any precinct in the erection of any new precinct or pre-
cincts, but the boundary lines of no ward shall be changed
without the passage of an Act giving such authority by the
General Assembly of Maryland, provided, however, that the
Mayor and City Council shall by ordinance extend the limits
of said wards to the limits of the said city as set forth in this
Act, and shall create such precincts therein as said Mayor
and City Council shall deem necessary, and whenever the City
Limits shall be extended the portion taken in shall be deemed
to become and is a part of the ward and precinct to which
it was contiguous before said City Limits were extended.

12. The Mayor shall be not less than thirty years of age
and each of said four councilmen shall not be less than twenty-
five years of age at the time of their election; they shall each
of them be citizens of the United States and for five years
immediately preceding their election, residents within the
limits of the City of Cumberland as defined by this Act. The
Mayor shall be a bona fide owner of property to the value of
not less than One Thousand ($1, 000. 00) Dollars and assessed
for the same on the tax books of the said City at the time of his
election and for two years next prior thereto, if he has resided
within the former limits of said City, or in the event that he
has resided without said limits but within the limits of said